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As we work toward reconstructing the Virginia Avenue Tunnel, we will provide the latest updates on the planning process, impact studies, community meetings, approvals and progress here. If you are specifically looking for information on the NEPA process, please visit our page here.

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Innovating for Speed, Efficiency and Safety

Learn about the custom concrete form being used to construct the walls of the new Virginia Avenue Tunnel. This is just one example of how the project team is innovating for speed, efficiency and safety.

Portal & Streetscape Video

Learn more about what the Virginia Avenue Tunnel will look like post-construction and how CSX is enhancing streetscapes, sidewalks and green spaces in the community.

Tunnel Construction Video

This phase-by-phase video walks you through the construction plans for the Virginia Avenue Tunnel between 3rd and 9th Streets, including estimated timing and impacts to motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians.

How It Gets Here: Trains and the Green Supply Chain

Ever wonder how the products you use every day get from manufacturer to your doorstep? Press play to learn how!

Innovating for Speed, Efficiency and Safety

Portal & Streetscape Video

Tunnel Construction Video

How It Gets Here: Trains and the Green Supply Chain

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As part of the Virginia Avenue Tunnel reconstruction, CSX will also make investment in the community which will improve the streetscape and walkability to other D.C. neighborhoods.

Located at 861 New Jersey Ave SE, the CSX community office is open to our DC neighbors.

Working together, CSX is committed to undertaking this project in a way that respects our neighbors, minimizes disturbance, and leaves an even more livable neighborhood than before.

Capitol Quarter. Navy Yard. Barracks Row. In DC’s most vibrant, growing community, new developments and residents are breathing life into an exciting and historic neighborhood.

A combination of private and public funding has combined to revitalize and restore Southeast Washington, improving connections to the Anacostia Riverfront and surrounding neighborhoods.

Anchored by a combination of residential and commercial developments, as well as the new Nats Park, this exciting neighborhood is filled daily with a mix of residents, commuters and visitors.

The Virginia Avenue Tunnel, which runs through the heart of this community beneath Virginia Avenue between 2nd Street SE and 11th Street SE, is nearing the end of its useful life and needs to be replaced.

We look forward to working with our neighbors on this project, which will improve safety, promote growth, and support the environment here in the District and across our network.

Section 106 MOA - Quarterly Progress Reports

The National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 requires that federally authorized projects take into account the effect on any resource that is included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. A Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) stipulates the measures to be taken to avoid, minimize or mitigate any adverse effects to those resources. The Virginia Avenue Tunnel Section 106 MOA is available in the Final Environmental Impact Statement, Appendix A. As part of the MOA, quarterly progress reports will be prepared.